Friday, October 19, 2001

College Briefs
2 Cornell U. employees found dead at home

ITHACA, N.Y. (U-WIRE) — Two Cornell University employees were found dead in their West Hill home early Wednesday morning, the Ithaca Police Department reported.

The police are ruling the incident a murder-suicide, according to a news release Wednesday.

Janet Breslin and her husband, Joseph Lindner, both 46, were discovered at 12:43 a.m. Wednesday with a gun shot wounds to their heads. Police believe Lindner shot his wife while she was asleep in their home before shooting himself.

The time of death was estimated to be early Saturday morning after an autopsy Wednesday.

Breslin was an administrative aid in the biometrics department.

Lindner was a Web developer in the Johnson Graduate School of Management in March.

The couple had no children, the police reported.

The IPD responded to the home of Breslin and Lindner after an acquaintance, who had been trying to get in contact with the couple, went to the house and discovered the bodies, according to the release.

— Cornell Daily Sun